Bottle-top.



C. P. WEICHEL.

BOTTLE TOP.

APPLIGATION FILED 14113.24, 1914.

Patented Feb. 9,1915.

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CLYDE F. WFICI-IEL, OF SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSICi-NOR TO TECHNICALSUPPLY C0., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

BOTTLE-TOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

Application led March 24, 1914. i Serial No. 826,928.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CLYDE F. WEICHEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Scranton, inthe county of Lackawanna and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Tops,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bottle tops, and more particularly to tops fordrawing-ink bottles of conventional type.

It proposes, briefly, an improved article of the class or characterspecified which is so constructed as to present certain advantages thatare lacking in the ordinary style of top, as well as to correct certainobjections to which such top is open.

l/Vith the above and other objects in view, the invention' comprehends,generally, the production of an ink-bottle top whose crown portion is ofpolygonal form, and whose steeple portion is weighted, in consequencewhereof, the top, when removed from the bottle and deposited upon atable or other support, will be prevented from rolling around, and thequill will be raised and held out of contact with the surface of suchsupport. Also, the invention contemplates a further improvement in thatthe neck or cork portion of the top is securely fastened to the crownand steeple portions by a member which is passed through all of suchportions, whereby the top as a whole is materially strengthened andreinforced, and the danger of the cork breaking off is avoided.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, where- 1n:-

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a drawing-ink bottleequipped with the improved top; Fig. 2 is an enlarged section of thecrown portion of the top, taken on line 2 2, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is anenlarged perspective view of the'top, showing lthe position which itassumes when placed on a support.

In said drawing, 5 indicates, generally, the bottle, which, aspreviously stated, is of the ordinary type, and 6 the top of suchbottle.

The top embodies the usual steeple, crown and neck portions 7, 8 and 9,respectively, and the quill 10, the portions 7 and 8 being integral, asis customary, and the former being provided upon its inner or under facewith a recess 11 wherein is secured the upper end of the cork thatconstitutes the aforementioned neck portion 9. The quill 10 passesthrough the cork, but instead of projecting into the steeple 8, as isusually the case, it terminates flush with the wall of recess 11, thepart thereof which is encircled by said cork inclosing a filling that isformed by a nipple 12 extending axially downward from crown 7 In orderto produce the desired internal 'reinforcement of the top as a whole, aheavy, stiff wire 18 is employed, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. This wireis embedded axially in the material of which the steeple and crown areformed, and it extends the entire distance between the tips or terminalsof the steeple and the nipple 12, so that in addition to constitutingthe reinforcing means, its upper portion also acts as the means forweighting the steeple, the wire being so chosen that the weight of thesteeple is then greater than that of the combined cork and quill.Consequently, when the top is removed from the bottle and placed upon atable, drawing board or other support, it will automatically assume theinclined or tilted position represented in Fig. 3, with its quill raisedabove the surface of such support. During this tilting movement, thecrown constitutes the fulcrum about which the top rocks, and in order toprevent the latter from rolling about at such time, the said crown isgiven a polygonal, (preferably, octagonal), shape, as a result of whichconstruction the angles formed by its sides 14 will cause the crown tosettle down upon one of said sides, in the manner depicted in the figurementioned, thereby obviating rolling, as will be understood.

Having fully described my invention, I `claimz- 1. An ink-bottle top ofthe character specified, comprising a, connected steeple,

crown portion, and nipple, the nipple depending from the bottom of thecrown portion, a cork attached to the under side of said crown portion,a quill having its base `extending into said cork and fitting over saidnipple, and a wire embedded axially in said steeple and projectingthrough the same and said crown portion into the nipple in the base ofthe quill to brace the latter and to cause the steeple to overbalancethe cork and quill when the top is deposited upon a support.

2. An ink-bottle top of the character specified, comprising connectedsteeple and crown portions,` the latter ofV Which is proits baseencircling said nipple and encireled,.

in turn, by said cork, the'edge ofsaid'base terminating lush with theWall of said relvcess; and a Wireremhedded 'axially in said Steeple andextending? through said crown and nipple, for bracing the quill and forWeighting the steeple, to cause the latter to oif'erbalance' the'corkandquill when the top is deposited upon a support.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of tWosubscribing Wit- HGSSBS.

CLYDE F. WEICHEL.

Witnesses:

GRACE B. BENSON, fJ. C. lTI-ioMAs.

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